Cast an instance of a class to a @protocol in Objective-C

I have an object (a UIViewController) which may or may not conform to a protocol I've defined.

I know I can determine if the object conforms to the protocol, then safely call the method:

if([self.myViewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MyProtocol)]) {
    [self.myViewController protocolMethod]; // <-- warning here
}

However, XCode shows a warning:

warning 'UIViewController' may not respond to '-protocolMethod'

What's the right way to prevent this warning? I can't seem to cast self.myViewController as a MyProtocol class.